I was out on a charter when the skipper fired a 2oz ball sinker and pillie covered straight at a launch that swung in too close! Line wrapped around the flying bridge hand railing and broke off with said pillie dangling from it. Big puff of black exhaust and he just motored off . It's not just us si...

This has me wondering what happened to JARA? Did someone buy them out and shelve it? It's too good a sinker to not be sold by someone. I don't doubt the Kilk stuff works and will buy some if I have no other choice, but there was nothing much wrong with the JARA sinkers. I never lost one unless the ...

Would anyone with a spare 6000-sized baitrunner reel in good nic want to swap it for a greenland paddle? I've got three paddles, two of which I haven't tested yet but if they work as well as I hope I could swap one or both and move onto experimenting with different paddle styles. If they don't padd...

Just add a further conversation. Now I have a lighter kayak ( the Kraken was a great fishing machine but heavy ) and I the C-Tug I had went with it. Is the smaller wheel Wheeleez cart ( $200ish) that much better or do I keep saving and go for the standard one at around $300? I have the Wheeleez wit...

Welcome to the addiction. Enjoy the ride. Tim Taylor runs a guide and hire fishing kayak business down there. He used to do regular informal trips from local spots. NZKayaker.com ( also uses 440's amongst others )

Growing up I saw a sparkplug, beer can tabs and a flattened Dynabolt sleeve used for kahawai. A few strands of heavy knitting wool worked when trolled ( red for 'couta, white for kahawai) Hohepa showed us how to turn a Moro bar wrapper or chip packet into a flasher rig. I have knicked tea spoons and...

Trace caddy , neat and simple. But don't leave them stored wound up long term, they will take on a set and are a pain to use when acing like springs out of the water. Live bait basket needs a top to keep the fish from jumping out or even the bottom to be blasted through by a diving gannet! :lol: Goo...

Paddle Guy ( Jason Milne ) and Jim Sammons ( Kayak Fishing Tales) have useful You Tube videos on coming in through surf. There is also one I found with a guy on a Hobie Island pontoon and out board set up using a drift chute ( small one ) , however the "surf" on that one would not raise a sweat on m...

Yeah but actually deploying the chute I thought might give you some drag, making it impossible to catch a wave and get turtled. It would be a slow, but steady ride back to shore. You may get splashed a bit though.. Drouge or chute is to negate or lessen the effect of the wind. ie, slow down the dri...

But none of the lure distributors I have emailed with this idea have returned my contact except for one in Oz who gave me the NZ agent details. So I guess that idea is dead in the water. Try changing the lure if they aren't biting :lol: [Waits for laughs....not a sausage, exits stage left] My ADHD ...